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22 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Edison made his first sound recordings on a cylinder wrapped in tinfoil |
True |
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The word phonograph comes from the Latin words phone and graph, which put together mean "recorded speaking" |
False |
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Compact discs hit the market in the early 1980s, and by 2000 their sales were still lagging way behind the albums and cassette tapes most people were familiar with. |
False |
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The music industry- especially major labels- ultimately embraced the MP3 format by supporitng services like iTunes |
True |
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British rock-and-roll groups such as the Beatles drew much of their inspiration from black artists |
True |
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Punk rock emerged in the 1970s partly to protest the commercialism of the recording industry |
True |
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Grunge music became a significant form of rock and roll in 1992 as a result of a breakthrough album by Nirvana |
True |
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Gangster rap developed in the 1980s partly to tell the truth about gang violence in American culture |
True |
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Most of the money earned from the sale of a CD goes to the royalties paid to the artist |
False |
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A major difference between sound recordings made by Emile Berliner and those made by Thomas Edison was that____. |
Berliner's disks were flat, the inventions of audiotape paving the way for digital recording |
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Magnetic audiotape and tape players first caught on in the_____. |
1960s/70s? |
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The biggest seller of recorded music in the United States is_____. |
Itunes |
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Which of the following boundaries did rock and roll not blur in the 1950s |
old and young |
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Little Richard became the first African American artist to chart higher with his own song than a white cover artist because______. |
He was the only one who could hit the high notes. |
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The turning point that led to the end of major record labels employing white performers to cover black rock-and-roll artists' songs occurred with which event? |
Ray Charles No.1 hit covering a country song |
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Folk music |
Rich history of protest lyrics and a focus on social and political issues |
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The album that broke grunge music into the American mainstream was |
Nevermind by Nirvana` |
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Which of the following is the correct chronological order (oldest to newest) in which musical genres became popular |
jazz, rock, hip hop, punk, grunge |
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In economic terms, the recording industry is best described as an |
oligopoly |
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Which of the following statements accurately represent how independent musicians use the Internet? |
They use the internet to sell their music, cutting out the retailer and keeping more revenue.` |
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Which statement best describes the relationship between small indie labels and the huge major music labels? |
Indie labels rely on major labels for distribution |
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Senate hearings on the music industry in the 1980s led to |
music advisory labels |
